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"Time in a Bottle" is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970.[1] It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives! After Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song was aired frequently on radio, and demand for a single release built. The single of "Time in a Bottle" became Croce's second and final No. 1 hit.[2]

"Time in a Bottle"
Single by Jim Croce
from the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim
B-side	"Hard Time Losin' Man"
Released	November 1973
Recorded	January–March 1972
Genre	Folk rock
Length	2:29
Label	ABC
Songwriter(s)	Jim Croce
Producer(s)	Terry Cashman, Tommy West
Jim Croce singles chronology
"I Got a Name" (1973) "Time in a Bottle" (1973) "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" (1973)

Production and arrangement

The arrangement features a harpsichord that producer Tommy West discovered had been left in the mixing studio.[3]

Reception

Cash Box magazine called the song "a sweet, tender ballad filled with Croce’s magical vocal touch".[4]

"Time in a Bottle" was the third posthumous Billboard number-one hit after "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding and "Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin.[5]

After the single finished its two-week run at the top of the charts in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks.[6]

In 1977, Time in a Bottle was chosen as the title of a compilation album of Croce's love songs.

Track listing

7" Single (ABC-11405)[7]

1. "Time in a Bottle" – 2:24
2. "Hard Time Losin' Man" – 2:23

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Country	Certification
United States	Gold (RIAA)[15]

In popular culture

• The song started receiving widespread airplay in September 1973, after it was featured over the end credits of the ABC TV movie, She Lives!, starring Desi Arnaz Jr. and Season Hubley^{[citation needed]}
• Maureen McCormick performed the song on a 1977 episode of the variety show The Brady Bunch Hour[16][17]
• The song was performed on a 1977 episode of The Muppet Show[18]
• The song was used in television commercials for Mateus wine in 1983[19][20][21]
• The song appeared in the MacGyver episode "Flame's End"
• The song's melody was mimicked in a Chinese remake used in the movie Fleet of Time featuring Faye Wong^{[citation needed]}
• The song has been played on episodes of the British TV series Heartbeat when a sad event (such as a death of one of the main characters) occurs^{[citation needed]}
• The song was sung by Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) and Alan Garner (Zach Galifinakis) in an elevator in The Hangover Part II[22]
• The song was featured in X-Men: Days of Future Past in a slow-motion sequence showcasing the character Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver[23]
• The song was used in The Last Man on Earth episode "Dead Man Walking", during the funeral of a minor character named Gordon (portrayed by Will Ferrell)
• The song was used for the funeral scene for Robert De Niro's deceased wife in Dirty Grandpa (2016)
• In 2016, Apple released an iPhone 6s commercial called "Timer" featuring "Time in a Bottle"; the commercial also features Sesame Street's Cookie Monster interacting with Siri[24]
• The song was covered by Yungblud for the 2019 film Hobbs and Shaw and was used in the trailer for the film Cherry^{[citation needed]}
• In 2019, the song was featured in season 8 of American Horror Story^{[citation needed]}
• Croce's group from college, the Villanova Spires, sings the song every year as an homage^{[citation needed]}
• In 2021 a pseudo-Renaissance arrangement of "Time in a Bottle" was used as a wedding dance followed by a vocal arrangement in episode 6 of series 2 of A Discovery of Witches^{[citation needed]}
• In 2021, the song appeared in the Nicolas Cage film Prisoners of the Ghostland, used during a samurai swordfight^{[citation needed]}
• A Spanish version of the song ("Tiempo en una botella") was adapted and performed by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona, for his 1994 album Animal Nocturno. ^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle on YouTube

На других языках

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«Time in a Bottle» — сингл американского певца и автора песен Джима Кроче. Кроче написал текст песни «Time in a Bottle» после того, как его жена Ингрид сообщила ему о беременности в декабре 1970 года.

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